Bushong Millard Kessler Dean Mckoin (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. very nice copy; signed by both authors!. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xii, 281, [1]pages. Rear endpaper is a map. Frontis illustration. Footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Preface and nineteen chapters. Signed with sentiment by both authors on fep. During WWII Millard Bushong taught at the United States Military Academy at West Point and at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He authored a textbook used by the cadets at West Point. He also authored four major published works, and numerous journal articles. In 1974 Dr. Bushong was named an Outstanding Teacher of America. With the outbreak of World War II, Dean McKoin accepted a position with Pan American Airways in New York City. While living there, she met Dr. Millard Bushong who was a professor of history at West Point. In 1948, they married and relocated to Richmond where Dr. Bushong had accepted a position with the University of Richmond. Mrs. Bushong corroborated with Millard Bushong in the writing of the biography of General Thomas L. Rosser CSA. Thomas Lafayette "Tex" Rosser (October 15, 1836 - March 29, 1910) was a Confederate major general during the American Civil War, and later a railroad construction engineer and in 1898 a brigadier general of volunteers in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. A favorite of J.E.B. Stuart, he was noted for his daring cavalry raids, efficiency in handling combat troops, and tactical brilliance. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy in 1856. Rosser did not complete the required five-year course of study, As a supporter of Texas secession,he resigned when Texas left the Union on April 22, 1861 two weeks before the scheduled graduation. Rosser enlisted in the Confederate States Army. Thomas Rosser's roommate at the academy, George Armstrong Custer was a close friend and this friendship continued both during and after the Civil War ended. Rosser became an instructor to the famed "Washington Artillery" of New Orleans. He commanded its Second Company at the First Battle of Manassas in July 1861. He was noted for shooting down one of George B. McClellan's observation balloons, a feat that won him promotion to captain. He commanded his battery during the Seven Days Battles of the Peninsula Campaign, and was severely wounded at Mechanicsville. Rosser was promoted to lieutenant colonel of artillery, and a few days later to colonel of the 5th Virginia Cavalry. He commanded the advance of J.E.B. Stuart's expedition to Catlett's Station, and was notable in the Second Battle of Manassas. During the fighting at Crampton's Gap at the Battle of South Mountain, his cavalry delayed the advance of William B. Franklin's VI Corps with help from John Pelham's artillery. At Antietam, his men screened Robert E. Lee's left flank. He was again badly wounded at the Battle of Kelly's Ford, where "the gallant" Pelham was killed. Rosser was disabled until the Gettysburg Campaign, where he commanded his regiment in the fighting at Hanover and the East Cavalry Field at Gettysburg. He was promoted to brigadier general of the "Laurel Brigade," which had gained fame under Turner Ashby. He was distinguished again in the 1864 Overland Campaign, driving back a large force of Union cavalry and artillery at the Battle of the Wilderness. Rosser was yet again wounded at Trevilian Station, where his brigade captured a number of prisoners. His brigade later gallantly fought against Philip Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, and he efficiently commanded Fitzhugh Lee's division at Cedar Creek. Rosser became known in the Southern press as the "Saviour of the Valley," and was promoted to major general in November 1864. Rosser commanded a cavalry division during the Siege of Petersburg, fighting near Five Forks. Rosser was conspicuous during the Appomattox Campaign, capturing a Union general, John Irvin Gregg. He led a charge at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, and escaped with his command as Lee surrendered the bulk of the Army of Northern Virginia. Under orders, he began reorganizing remnants of Lee's army in an attempt to join Joseph E. Johnston's army. He surrendered at Staunton, Virginia, on May 4 and was paroled shortly afterwards.